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H. 0. BAINBRIDGE.

ORNAMENTAL CARD.

No. 351,037. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

HEXRY O. BAINBRIDGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

ORNAMENTAL CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,037, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed May 1, 1886. Serial No. 200,802. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it k nown that I, HENRY G. BAINBRIDGE,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of chenille or other fabric surrounding the card.

The invention consists in an ornamental card having a notched edge and a band of fabric rovc through the notches around the edge of the card. This band or fabric may be an ornamental cord, a very narrow ribbon of plush or other material, or chenille, and I find it advantageous to employ a chenille band having its warp formed of wires,so thatit will be more readily retained in the notches of the card.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a face view of a card embodying my invention, the band or fabric at one corner portion being removed in order to more fully show the notches in the card. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the card, and Fig. 8 represents a portion of chenille band having its warp formed of wires.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A designates the card, which maybe of any suitable material, and which is provided at intervals around its margin with notches b. These notches, as shown. in Fig. 1,will preferably be slightly undercut or dovetailed-that is to say, the opening or mouth of the notch at the extreme edge of the card will be of a width less than the diameter or width of the notch inward of the edge.

The card notched as above described has a band or fabric, B, rove through the notches, so as to present it alternately on opposite sides or faces of the card. The band or fabric B may be of any ornamental cord or a very mar row ribbon of plush or similar fabric, or of chenille; but I find it advantageous to employ for this purpose a chenille having its warp composed of wire. In Fig. 3 I have represented on a larger scale a piece of such 0110- v nille, in which 0 designates the twisted wires forming the warp, and c the filling of fibrous material, which is held in place by the warp. The warp being of wire gives the band B a certain degree of stiffness, which aids in retaining the band within the notches of the card. If other fabric than chcnillesuch, for example, as ribbon-were employed, the ends of the ribbon or band might be tied in a bow or otherwise connected.

It will be seen that by my invention I provide a very neat and ornamental card, in which paper and a band, cord, or fabric, usually of a contrasting color, are combined in a very tasteful manner.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to sccureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The ornamental card herein described, having a notched edge and a band or fabric rove through the notches, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The ornamental card herein described, having a notched edge and a band or fabric of chenille with wire warp rove through the notches, substantially as herein' set forth.

HENRY O. BAINBRIDGE.

\Vitnesses FREDK. HAYNES, EMIL HERTER. 

